Daniel Drezner, author and professor of international politics at Tufts University, has a theory about why the Trump campaign is failing. He says it has entered a "doom loop". (This picture of Drezner is from the Washington Post.)
Here is that Doom Loop:
Donald Trump has stumbled into a campaign doom loop:
- Trump’s polling gets a negative shock
- Fewer moderates attend his rallies
- Only hardcore supporters go see Trump
- Trump tailors speeches to get a rise out of his audience
- With an audience of crazies, Trump needs to sound even crazier
- In sounding crazier, Trump’s poll numbers sink, more voters turned off
- Back to #2
